Lawn-sprinkler.



E. WISMAR. LAWN SPRINKLER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19, 1912.

Patented Sept. 30, I913.

"m I J A? Inventor.

s rans PATENT OFFICE.

EMIL WISMA'R, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

LAWN-SPRINKLER.

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Application filed March 19, 1912. Serial No. 684,765.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EMIL 'WIsMAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lawn-Sprinklers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sprinkling devices and particularly to lawn sprinklers which are adapted to distribute and properly spread the stream of water over a considerable area.

It is an object of the invention to provide a sprinkling mechanism in which the force of the water will be utilized, in directing the distribution of the spray in different directions.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a lawn sprinkler in which a rotating nozzle is mounted, means being provided and operated by the force of the Water passing through the sprinkler for positively feeding the nozzle in its movement. W

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the lawn sprinkler, the nozzle and portions of the operating mechanism being shown in elevation.

'Fig 2 is a horizontal sectionalview taken upon the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail sectional view taken upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig; 4: is a fragmentary sectional view-through a portion of the-device, the means for actuating the nozzle turning means being shown in plan. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the nozzle member of'the device.

The details and features of theinvention will now be more particularly described, refere'nce being had to the said drawing in '\Vl1lCl1-- indicates a casing preferably cylindrical in shape and having an inlet opening 11 in its side Wall, preferably arranged to direct incoming water in ra tangential direction with respect to the; said casing. The casing 10 is provided With'a cover-12 adapted to close the .top thereof, a gasket or washer '13 being interposed .between the parts so as togprevent leakage; The cover removably secured in position by screws 11 located at suitable pointsebout the pe riphery of the casing. v,

Mounted centrally of the casingflO and prp ie cting upwardly from the bottom there of is a hollow shaft 15, which extends about two-thirds of the height of the main casing and has journaled upon it a water wheel 16. The hub of said wheel has a bearing upon the exterior of the said shaft 15 and the lower end of the hub is reduced and formed with an eccentric or cam 17'. The wheel is pro vided at its periphery with a number of vertically arranged paddles 18 which are mounted a sufiicient distance from the axis of the wheel, to come opposite to the inlet opening 11 of the casing and receive the impact of the water as it enters the said casing. The wheel will thus be in position to be continually driven by the water passing through the sprinkler.

Mounted above the hollow shaft 15 and the hub of the water wheel 16, is an actuating n'ieinber in the .form of a ratchet wheel 19, having a hollow hub portion 20, provided with water inlet openings 21 in its peripheral wall. The said hollow hub carries a tube 22 upon its upper end which projects through a central bearing formed in the cover 12. The upper end of.said tube is provided with a laterally bent nozzle 23 through which the water escapes from the device.

Projecting downwardly from the hub is a journal pin 2lwhich loosely [its in the hollow shaft 15, thus finding a bearing therein. The wheel thus has a bearing in the said shaft 15 at the bottom andin the casing 12 at the top so that it will rotate freely within the casing 10.

The peripheral portion of the wheel 19 is provided with ratchet teeth 25 which proieetdownwardly therefrom. The said teeth are adapted to be engaged by a pivoted dog 26, mounted in a standard formed upon the outer end of a lever 27, which is journaled upon a stud 28 rising from the bottom of the casing 10. The said stud is located approximately half way between the central shaft 15 and the said dog 26, and the lever 27 is provided at its inner end with wide fork 29 adapted to receive the eccentric 27 within it. The dog 26 is pivoted about centrally of its length, one end being tapered at 30 to engage the teeth 25 while the other end is formed with a weight 31. -Thetapered end or nose 30 of the dog, is prevented from being depressed to too great an extent by the teeth 25 of the ratchet wheel bymeans \of a stop 32, formed on the dog and adapted in Fig.

pivotal point .l'or

to engage a cooperating stop 33, projectii'ig l upwardly from the lever 2t as clearly shown be observed that as the water enn; 10 and impinges upon the paddles l8 it will rotate the water wheel 16, thus operating the eccentric 1?. By this means the lever 27 will be continuously os cillated so as to mse the dog: to be moved back and forth beneath the rack upon the ratchet, wheel 19, and so as to continually turn the said wheel. The water will thus l nggtaml into the aper l titr s 21. of the hollow hub 20 and thence through the pipe and be discharged t'rom l l l It will ters the easi pass through the can the nozzle 23. The constant turning" ol the wheel 19 will swing; the nozzle about its directing the sprayed water in all directions. The said nozzle 2:} may be made with its outlet opening smaller at bottom as at 3 .1- than at the top whereby the greatest amount. o'l water passing from, the nozzle, will be dirclmrnjed at the upper end of the outlet opening where it is to travel to the greatest distam-e and becomes more broken up betore :aching the ground than the water which escapes at. the lower end of the said opening. lThe nozzle is also preferahly provided with an up ardly extending standard 35, said standard preferably being; in the form of a fiat. plate having; pivoted to one side thereof at its upper end a spreader 26 for Further directing the sprinkling of the water. Said spreader is provided with a. pivot 37 engaging); an aperture in the standard 35 so that it may roclt' thereon. The said spreader is also formed with a segmental slot 38, the said slot being adapted to engage a screw 39 projecting-from the said standard 35. A clamping nut 40 is mounted upon said screw 39 for clamping the said spreader 3G in its adjusted positions upon its pivot point. The said spreader 36 formed with a horizontally extending curved flange 41, adapted to overhang the upper end of the nozzle 30 so as to strike the upper portion of the stream of water escaping from said nozzle and tend to spread it laterally over a greater area than if the water issued from said nozzle without further guidance.

The operation of the device will be readily understood from the above description.

\Vhat I claim is: i it. A sprinkler, comprising a hollow casing, a water wheel concentrically mounted therein, a rotatable nozzle projecting conrentrically from said casing and having an actuating" member mounted on its shaft within the casing. and ratchet means operated by the water wheel for rotating the said nozzle actuating; member.

22. A. sprinkler, comprising a hollow casinn, a water wheel pivotally mounted thereiin a casing; having a tangentially arrange inlet opening whereby the water will be given a whirling movement for turning said wheel, anozzle member also pivoted in said casino a ratchet wheel connected with said nozzle a lever pivoted in said casing adjacent said ratchet wheel, a Weightoperated pawl mounted on said lever adapted to' actuate said ratchet a stop on the lever to limit the movement of said pawl, and aneecentric carried by said water wheel and adapted to engage. and oscillate said lever.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I I have hereunto subscribed my name this 11th day of March, 1912.

EMIL WISMAR. 7

Witnesses EDMUND .A. S'rurmsn; E. STADTMAN. i 

